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# Basic Terminology
These dice are called character dice, because they reflect things about your character that can help you succeed.
A d20 is known as a fortune die, and it transcends these benchmarks.

# Critical Successes
When you roll a 20 on the fortune die and your action succeeds, it is considered a critical success.
When you roll a critical success, you can choose to either increase your impact by 2 or gain 1 inspiration point.

# Critical Fumble
A Critical Fumble means something has gone seriously wrong with your action/counter and within the scene.
When you roll a 1 on a d20 die result it is considered a critical fumble.
When this happens, you choose one other die in your pool that didn’t roll a 1 and scratch (remove) it.
Calculate your action total and impact with your remaining die results.
You may roll a critical fumble and still succeed in your action.
You also critically fumble if your action is successfully countered and you roll a 1-3 on the d20 (in other words if you fail to generate any impact at all).
Whenever you roll a critical fumble, you gain 1 inspiration point.

# Success or Failure
To figure out whether your action succeeds, compare your action total to the opposing counter total.
If the counter total is higher, you fail; otherwise, your action succeeds.
**An unsuccessful action cannot inflict stress.**

# Impact
Once you calculate your action total, determine your action’s Impact – the effect your action has on the scene.
Look at the dice you rolled in your pool. Each die that rolls a 4 or higher generates one point of impact.
This includes the dice you added for your action total, as well as the fortune die.
Character dice that roll 10 or higher generate two impact.

## Minimum Impact:
Your character is highly capable.
Even if their action is countered, they are still able to accomplish something positive with their action.
So long as you roll a 4 or higher on your fortune die you still generate a minimum impact of 1.
You may spend this on any result except causing stress.

# Advantage and Disadvantage
Sometimes the rules grant you Advantage on a particular roll.
When that happens, you roll one additional fortune die as part of your pool.
You still choose two die results for your action total, only one of which may be a d20.
If multiple situations affect a roll and each one grants advantage, you still only add one additional d20 to your pool.

There are also times when the rules impose Disadvantage on a roll.
When you roll with disadvantage, you roll one additional fortune die as part of your pool, but the highest-rolling d20 in your pool is scratched.
If multiple situations affect a roll and each one grants disadvantage, you still only add one additional d20 to your pool.

If circumstances cause a roll to have both advantage and disadvantage, you are considered to have neither of them, and you do not add an additional d20 to your pool.
This is true even if multiple circumstances impose disadvantage and only one grants advantage or vice versa.
In such a situation, you have neither advantage nor disadvantage.

# Scratching a Die
In some situations (such as when you have taken too much stress), the rules require you to scratch a die.
This is done after you roll your dice pool.
Once all the dice are rolled, a scratched die is removed from your roll entirely, and cannot be used for your action total or your impact—it’s as if it was never part of your pool at all.

# The Limits of Fortune
Your action total can never include more than one d20 fortune die.

# Stress
- Reduce your highest die if you are Overwhelmed OR Staggered.
- Scratch your highest die if you are Overwhelmed AND Staggered.

# Impact Total
Count how many dice rolled 4+ for your Impact
Minimum 1 Impact if your fortune die rolled 4+, even if your action was countered.

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